马哈蒂尔呼吁人民把马来西亚总理赶下台

Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's influential ex-prime minister, has called for a “people’s power” movement to intensify the efforts of a marathon 34-hour weekend protest to oust his scandal-hit successor.

马来西亚颇具影响力的前总理马哈蒂尔穆罕默德(Mahathir Mohamad)呼吁用“人民力量”运动强化在周末持续了34个小时的马拉松抗议，罢黜受到丑闻打击的现任总理。

The 90-year old former premier spoke as thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to call for the resignation of Najib Razak, who denies allegations of corruption linked to a troubled state investment fund.

在这位90岁的前总理发表言论之际，数千名示威者返回吉隆坡街道，要求纳吉布拉扎克(Najib Razak)下台，纳吉布否认与一家陷入困境的政府投资基金有关的腐败指控。

“The only way for the people to get back to the old system is for them to remove this prime minister,” said Mr Mahathir, who ruled for 22 years and has turned from Mr Najib's mentor to his sworn enemy. “And to remove him, the people must show people’s power. The people as a whole do not want this kind of corrupt leader.”

马哈蒂尔表示：“人民恢复旧体系的唯一途径是把现任总理赶下台。”他曾统治马来西亚22年，并已从纳吉布的导师变成了死敌。 “而要把他赶下台，人民必须展示人民的力量。作为一个整体，人民不想要这种腐败的领导人。”

Large crowds from the movement known as Bersih — meaning “clean” in Malay — began rallying on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere across the country, amid accusations that Mr Najib’s government is implicated in corruption and is cracking down on opponents. The premier has condemned the demonstrators as people who want to “scribble black coal on Malaysia's face to the outside world”.

上周六，来自“干净选举联盟”（净选盟，Bersih）的大批人群开始在吉隆坡和马来西亚各地集会，指责纳吉布政府涉嫌腐败并镇压反对派。纳吉布则指责示威者想要“向外部世界抹黑马来西亚”。